SQL Server Profiler is a tool every developer should have in their repertoire. With the use of frameworks and abstractions, we often lose sight of what is actually hitting the database, and there’s no better way to get that information than SQL Server
Profiler. It has a few knobs and dials that…

This screencast with Chris Bowen is an overview of writing parallel code using the new classes and features available in .NET Framework 4 and the tools in Visual Studio 2010. Based on
a session given for the Northeast Roadshow, this walks through the basics of parallel programming, Tasks, PLINQ,…

One of the highlights of the Big Room floor at PDC 09 was an Azure IT PAC (Pre-assembled container), the unit of deployment within the Azure Data Centers. This particular model is the newest, Generation 4, and built to be deployed outside (versus the
indoor models used in the Chicago and San…

In this second of a series on what developers should know about SQL Server, Jim takes a brief look at SQL Injection attacks, how they occur and what types of things you can do (as well as things you shouldn’t do!) to eliminate your susceptibility to them.
Also mentioned are a number of third-party…

Microsoft is all about options, and there's no shortage of options when it comes to data access! You've got ADO.NET DataSets and DataReaders, LINQ to SQL, Entity Framework, ADO.NET Data Services just to name a few. Each of these technologies can be used
- and abused - depending on the context,…

It’s rare that a developer doesn’t need some familiarity with the database his or her applications are targeting, so this session (divided in to five parts) provides a bit of insight into features of SQL Server 2008 (and 2005) that they should be aware
of when building .NET applications. The…

REST (Representational State Transfer) is all the rage as a lightweight, web service architecture that relies on existing web standards such as HTTP and XML.
In this session, you’ll get insight into the roots of REST, including its four main tenets, and be able to critically discern how…

This screencast with Chris Bowen is a brief introduction to developing applications for Windows Phone 7. Based on a session given for the Northeast
Roadshow, this introduces the design of Windows Phone 7, options for creating applications (using Silverlight and XNA), obtaining developer tools,…

In this brief screencast,
Jim O'Neil, Developer Evangelist in the Northeast, walks through a few quick demos of some of the new language features (in both Visual Basic and C#) that were introduced with .NET 4 and Visual Studio 2010.If you're looking for a particular feature, you can fast forward…